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oliverbenny
Junior Member
Member # 42457

posted

Not sure if this is the right place to post this?

Question:

Is it possible to be a lyme carrier and never get sick? Is it possible to be a lyme carrier and pass the lyme to your child and then your child becomes sick with lyme?

I guess I am trying to figure out this:

My grandfather was a logger for 70 years. He is still living. He is very healthy for his age. My two uncles both still living were loggers for 30 plus years and both are very healthy. We live in PA so for all those years of logging I am sure they have had tick exposure.

So I am trying to figure out how did I get extremely sick with lyme (38 years old Female) and never got bite with a tick that I know of?

Is it possible lyme is being spread via another host besides ticks? Or is it possible lyme isn't my problem when LLMD and Igenex and bodygraph testing says it is? Or do some of us have some mystery problem that overlaps in symptoms with lyme and responds with lyme type of treatments?

Lastly is lyme passable in utero?

Sorry for all the rambling. Laying in bed and can't sleep because I feel horrible and all this is running through my head. lol

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oliverbenny [confused]

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Carmen
LymeNet Contributor
Member # 42391

posted

Lyme can be sexually transmitted but it is not extremely common, but actually Im not absolutely clear on this.

Other insects carry lyme besides a tick. Also, you could have been bitten by a tick and did not know it. The tick bite I had was extremely small and left only a tiny red dot. Although I saw the critter and removed him, he brushed off easily. They inject something so you dont feel them much so you could have been bitten and didn't realize it. there are reports that lyme can spread by mosquitoes, horseflys, sand fleas and other bugs.

Yes, you can have lyme and not feel sick. The incubation period before symptoms arise can be quite long for some people.

It can be transfered from mother to fetus and can cause miscarriage or infection in the newborn.

The spirochete has been found in semen, tears, saliva.

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Lymetoo
Moderator
Member # 743

posted

Ditto what Carmen said.

(no proof on the sexual transmission... must be fairly rare and more likely from male to female)

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Opinions, not medical advice!

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surprise
Frequent Contributor (1K+ posts)
Member # 34987

posted

It is also able to pass through breast milk.

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Lyme positive PCR blood, and
positive Bartonella henselae Igenex, 2011.
low positive Fry biofilm test, 2012.
Update 7/16- After extensive treatments,
doing okay!

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